15413 Sarouk antique rug 4 x 2 ft 120 x 60 cm hand knotted
A so called "american Sarouk" antique rug in a small size format and dark red / rust ground color.
Land of Origin: Persia
Pile Material: Wool
Warp and weft: Cotton
Colors: Dark blue border and motives, Rust red field
Condition: Very good for its age. Fringes secured, selvedge on loing sides intact, no holes or defect foundation.
Age: made 1910/20
Sarouk (also Saruk, Sarough or Sarogh) is one of the most famous carpet manufacturing areas. Located in the province of ARAK, it includes the carpet provinces of Arak, Jozan, Ghiasabad, Mahal, Malayer, Mohajeran, Sultanabad and Wiss. Particularly sought after by collectors are the ancient and antique carpets of the Mahal and Malayer types, which were knotted between 1880 and 1930.
As a special case of carpet weaving, the so-called "American Sarouk", which were knotted in the period from 1900 to 1940 especially for the American market. Reduced in shades of rust, red, dark blue and some brown / beige shades, these floral-patterned rugs without a central medal have been increasingly exported from the USA to Europe since the 1970s, referred to as "re-imports". Typical of this type of carpet is a very good wool quality from the Persian highlands. The lower fabric - warp and weft - are usually made of cotton. With old and antique carpets one often finds a blue weft. The Persian knot is usually used for knotting. Blue-ground carpets are much rarer and therefore higher in price than comparable carpets in rust or red.
Knot density varies between 90,000 knots on coarse Mahal carpets and 640,000 knots on high-quality Sarough Ghiasabad rugs.
